Two Aztec Wood Idols

Iconographic and Chronologic Analysis

H. B. Nicholson and Rainer Berger

Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology

Art History, Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Studies

ISBN: 978-0-88402-026-4, Paperback, 1968, Buy here

This discussion considers the iconographic features and radiocarbon dates of two small wood figures reportedly found in the vicinity of Texcoco. One figure represents the water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, while the other, a nude male figure, may represent a rain deity.

 

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